Active Learning By Brock Kelley Objectives The learner

Active Learning By Brock Kelley

Objectives • The learner will be able to define Active Learning • The learner will be able to identify Active Learning techniques • The learner will know how to implement Active Learning Techniques effectively • The learner will understand how Active Learning benefits the Adult Learner

Active Learning • “Learning is not a spectator sport. Students do not learn much just by sitting in class listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves. " –Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson, "Seven Principles for Good Practice, " AAHE Bulletin 39: 3 -7, March 1987

What is Active Learning • Active learning is "anything that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing" (Bonwell & Eison, 1991, p. 2). • Felder & Brent (2009) define active learning as "anything courserelated that all students in a class session are called upon to do other than simply watching, listening and taking notes" (p. 2). • A student centered approach in which the responsibility for learning is placed upon the student, often working in collaboration with classmates. In active learning teachers are facilitators rather than one way providers of information.

What does an Active Learning activity Look Like? • • • Group Work Role Playing Class Discussion Less emphasis on Lecture Writing

Why participate in Active Learning • Reinforces important material, concepts, and skills. • Provides more frequent and immediate feedback to students. • Addresses different student learning styles. • Provides students with an opportunity to think about, talk about, and process course material. • Creates personal connections to the material for students, which increases their motivation to learn. • Allows students to practice important skills, such as collaboration, through pair and group work. • Builds self-esteem through conversations with other students. • Creates a sense of community in the classroom through increased student-student and instructorstudent interaction.

Benefits of Active Learning • Facilitate independent, critical, and creative thinking • Encourage effective collaboration • Increase student investment, motivation, and performance

What are strategies of Active Learning? • • • Think-Pair-Share Cooperative Groups in Class Peer Review Role Playing Hands-on Technology

Hesitation in College Classrooms • Devising active learning strategies takes too much pre-class preparation • Large class sizes prevents implementation of active learning strategies • A lack of materials or equipment needed to support active learning approaches

How do I use Active Learning • Faculty Meetings • Learning Walks • Professional Development Meetings

Work Cited • serc. carleton. edu/introgeo/gallerywalk/active. ht ml • https: //www. cte. cornell. edu/teachingideas/engaging-students/active-learning. html • https: //teachingcommons. stanford. edu/resource s/learning-resources/promoting-active-learning • https: //www. cte. cornell. edu/documents/present ations/Active%20 Learning%20%20 Creating%20 Excitement%20 in%20 the%20 Cla ssroom%20 -%20 Handout. pdf

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